id:			138765
accession number:	1963.154
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.154
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:59.536000

Statue of Gudea, 2143–2142 BCE. Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, Girsu. Dolerite; overall: 126 x 55 x 36 cm (49 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1963.154

title:				Statue of Gudea
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creation date:			2143–2142 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2143
creation date latest:		-2124
current location:		100 1916 Lobby
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, Girsu
technique:	dolerite
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 126 x 55 x 36 cm (49 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Feuerdent Coll., Paris
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	E. S. David
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	Feuerdent Coll., Paris;  (E. S. David)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n34

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n32

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n22

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n19

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 67
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IMAGES

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